Bloody "Night of grief" or As conquistadors died rich

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For one "Night of grief", and for others "Victorious night". Source: dzeninfra.ru Montezuma II and Cortés. When in November, 1519 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés entered the capital of Aztecs Tenochtitlan, the emperor Montezuma II who was fated to become the last emperor of Aztecs, gave a magnificent reception in honor of the guest. Montezuma skillfully operated the empire and could at desire destroy Cortés's armies in spite of the fact that Spaniards owned more perfect weapon. But the emperor believed that Cortés - god (and differently how to explain shots from guns and a volcanic eruption Popocatepetl, the incident...